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The Kansas Leadership Center made a stop in Emporia Tuesday morning for their second annual state tour. The morning included breakfast and time to sit and talk with representatives and leaders of loca...

After emergency federal aid was approved for Lyon and most surrounding counties in two separate waves recently, Governor Laura Kelly has now asked President Donald Trump for a major presidential decla...

Strong storms are unlikely but possible across the KVOE listening area after sunset. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a marginal risk, the lowest risk level for severe weather activity, for Lyon...

The term civil servant took on a whole new meaning at Bobby D’s Merchant Street Barbecue Monday evening. Local law enforcement transformed into wait staff for the second Tip a Cop/Tip a Deputy e...

Emporia’s Waters True Value store now has new ownership. Waters, Inc., has sold the Emporia store and its seven other locations in Kansas to Gerken Rent-All. According to Kimberly Smith of Water...

Dirty Kanza organizers plan to debrief this week after yet another successful — and record-breaking — event in Emporia earlier this month. All told, around 3,200 riders took part in Dirty ...

Dine for Denim and Diamonds events are underway, and the schedule is full for the next six weeks beginning Tuesday. Newman Regional Health Director of Business Development McKenzie Cinelli says these ...

The Emporia State Teacher’s College has received national accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. The achievement is the culmination of a seven-year process...

One of the hottest a cappella groups in America will come to Emporia this summer. Home Free is slated for a concert Aug. 29 at the Granada Theatre, and Director Aden Lindholm expects tickets to sell o...

Two men recently placed on the Lyon County Most Wanted list have been captured. Another recent addition remains at large at this time. Tony Ray Smith, added to the wanted list a week ago, was arrested...